The aim of this study was to evaluate the histopathological findings of unilateral paranasal sinus disease dominated by maxillary sinus opacification on routine non-contrast enhanced paranasal sinus CT. We performed a retrospective analysis of routine paranasal sinus CT conducted between March 2003 and April 2007. Unilateral maxillary sinus opacification (with or without ipsilateral ethmoid or ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the radiographic findings of computed tomographic (CT) imaging most suggestive of invasive fungal sinusitis (IFS) in an immunocompromised patient population. DESIGN A retrospective review of patients with a diagnosis of IFS reached with CT and confirmed by histopathologic evaluation. SETTING An academic tertiary care hospital. PATIENTS Twenty-three immunocompromised...

Pulmonary tuberculosis is an air born infection disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is a major cause of morbidity and mortality particularly in developing countries (1-3).There are 33 million cases of TB worldwide, 3 million annual death and 8 million persons developed active TB every year ¾ of which concentrated of productive age group (4). If TB is detected early and fully treate...

Purpose. To report a case of unilateral optic neuritis following Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) vaccination. Methods. A 30-year-old female developed unilateral optic neuritis five days after a Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) booster vaccination. The patient displayed unilateral involvement, with severe visual loss. However, visual acuity improved significantly after four days of intravenous steroid th...

Unruptured cerebral aneurysms often present with neuro-ophthalmological symptoms but ocular autonomic involvement from an aneurysm of the posterior circulation has not previously been reported. A patient is described with a basilar artery aneurysm presenting with headache and unilateral autonomic symptoms. After angiographic coiling of the aneurysm there was a near complete resolution of these ...

Lipoma arborescens, a diffuse articular lipomatosis, is a rare disorder characterized by marked villiform synovial proliferation and diffuse replacement of the subsynovial tissue by mature adipocytes. Unilateral joint involvement is the usual presentation while bilateral joint involvement is more uncommon. We reported a case of bilateral lipoma arborescens in a male patient with associated mark...

Sarcoidosis is a systemic multiorgan disorder of unknown etiology characterized by a non-caseating granuloma reaction. Ocular involvement has been reported in 25-60% of the patients. Seven percent of the patients with sarcoidosis may first see an ophthalmologist due to ocular complaints. This report aims to present our diagnostic and treatment approach to a female patient with significant unila...

We studied three patients who developed left unilateral punctate keratitis after suffering left-sided Wallenberg Syndrome. A complex evolution occurred in two of them. In all cases, neurophysiological studies showed damage in the trigeminal sensory component at the bulbar level. Corneal involvement secondary to Wallenberg syndrome is a rare cause of unilateral superficial punctate keratitis. Th...

OBJECTIVE To describe a patient with unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis due to multiple myeloma (MM) involving the cervical spine and related structures. CASE PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION A 52-year-old female presented with dyspnea, low back and widespread bone pain. She was diagnosed as having MM with vertebral involvement and unilateral paralysis of the diaphragm. She received two cycles o...

Patients in extremis because of trauma-related massive chest injury require expedient evaluation and prompt intervention. The initial pathophysiology relates to the significant intrapulmonary shunting caused by disruption of pulmonary capillaries and extravasation into the alveolar spaces. Disproportionate or unilateral lung involvement needs measures more technical than general supportive care...